Bishop of Chichester | |
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| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
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| Incumbent: Martin Warner | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
| Residence | The Palace, Chichester |
| Information | |
| First holder | Wilfrid (as Bishop of Selsey) Stigand (as Bishop of Chichester) |
| Established | 681 (founded at Selsey) 1075 (translated to Chichester) |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Cathedral | Chichester Cathedral (since 1075) Selsey Abbey (681–1075) |
The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. On 3 May 2012 the appointment was announced of Martin Warner, Bishop of Whitby, as the next Bishop of Chichester.[2] His enthronement took place on 25 November 2012 in Chichester Cathedral.
The bishop's residence is The Palace, Chichester. Since 2015, Warner has also fulfilled the diocesan-wide role of alternative episcopal oversight, following the decision by Mark Sowerby, then Bishop of Horsham, to recognise the orders of priests and bishops who are women.
Between 1984 and 2013, the Bishop of Chichester, in addition to being the diocesan bishop, also had specific oversight of the Chichester Episcopal Area (the then Archdeaconry of Chichester), which covered the coastal region of West Sussex along with Brighton and Hove.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.248, with capitalisation as shown there; here shown apparently incorrectly holding an orb not a book
- ^ "10 Downing Street — Queen approves Martin Clive Warner for election as Bishop of Chichester". number10.gov.uk (10 Downing Street). Retrieved 27 November 2012.